SEMESTER TEST I. Choose the correct answer by crossing a, b, c, d, or e! Text 1 Fuel rice Must !

e "ro##ed Government should cancel the rise of fuel price done in the beginning of October 2005. Most of Indonesian people badly beg it for some basic reasons. First, for industry, the rise of fuel price ill increase their production cost because the must pay more for fuel and electricity used in the process of production. !onse"uently, it ill rise the selling price for the product. If the product price is increased, it ill be hard for the product to compete ith the goods from other countries. #he e$port ill decrease rapidly and government ill lose the income from e$porting goods. %econd, for or&ers, the rise of fuel price ill force the company here they or& to limit the budget to lo the production cost. One of the ays that is usually don by the employees of a company is by cutting of the number or or&ers. It means hundreds even thousands of or&ers ill lose their 'obs. #he 'obless people ill increase instability of nations because they ill do hatever they can do to get some money, even by doing crime. (hat a dreadful nightmare) #hirdly,, for ordinary people. #hey must manage their finance to survive because the rise of the fuel rice ill increase the price of their basic need*s price. #hey have to find alternative ays to survive+ reducing the meals, postponing the buying of unnecessary things or event for the from school. #his is the orst. ,based on the facts above, considering the negative impact of the rise of the fuel price above, government must cancel the rise and try to find other ays to cover the lac& of the national budget by not cutting the subsidy of fuel. -. (hat should be canceled. a. fuel price d. industry products b. the rise of industry products e. fuel price for industry c. the rise of fuel price 2. (hat is the purpose of the te$t. a. Fuel price must be dropped b. #o persuade the readers or listeners that rise of fuel price is should or should not be in the case c. #o persuade the readers that the topic must be concerned about d. #he reasons about the rise of fuel price e. #he te$t have a clear in statements /. (ho suffer most of rise of fuel pries. a. company d. the ordinary people b. government e. the or&ers c. developer 0. (hy must rise of fuel be canceled. a. because there are some negative impact b. because the government ill get profit c. because the fuel pries in Indonesia is still cheap d. because the company ill increase the products

e. because there are not many crimes 5. (hy does the company cut of the number of or&ers. a. the or&ers have been old b. the or&ers have stolen the company products c. the company ants to limit the budget to lo the production cost d. the or&ers ant to increase their salary e. the company ants to get some profit 1. 2#hey must manage finance to survive3 in paragraph four the ords they refers to 444 a. companies d. the citi5en b. industry products e. the rich people c. the or&ers Text $ Good morning, ladies and gentlement Thank you very much for the House of Representatives which had invited me to give the speech concerning about the mystery sinetrons shown in many televisions presently. My name is Budi antoso, a lecturer at !niversity of "ndonesia ma#oring in mass communication. Here, " represent the academics point of view about the sub#ect we discuss this morning. $s we know, there are many mystery sinetrons shown on Television stations presently. The sinetrons depict horrible scenes about the spirit world. "t is described that spirits often disturb people by frightening them in the darkness, when they walk alone at night or at the cemetery. The spirits are pictured as frightening appearance such as white clothes flying corpse, shattered face copse etc. the show must be abandoned for several reasons. %irstly, it make a wrong perception of people especially children and women to do activity at nights, for e&ample going to the wells, even cooking at kitchen alone. How do you fell if you always live in an&iety. Thirdly, such kind of sinetrons waste out time to think unreal phenomena while we are facing many kinds of living problems. "n brief, for the reason, " think television station must stop showing mystery sinetrons. They are bad influences for people, frightening our children and destroying their belief to god. Thank you very much for your attention. 6. (ho is the riter. a. lady d. atcher sinetron b. a gentleman e. the man ho gave speeches c. a lecture 7. (hat is the really profession of the riter. a. the minister d. the lecturer at university of Indonesia b. the teacher of %M8 e. 9udi %antoso c. the government :. (here did the give speech.

a. at the company d. at the university b. at the house of representatives e. at television c. at the mos"ue -0. ;o many reasons does the spea&er mention to support his argument. a. 0 arguments d. one arguments b. 5 arguments e. three fourth argument c. / arguments --. (hat program does the spea&er critic. a. sinetron on #< d. drama sinetron b. love story sinetron e. spirits sinetron c. mystery sinetron -2. 2%o they*ll afraid of them3 in paragraph three. #hey ord them refer to 4.. a. sinetrons d. people b. atchers e. spirits c. audiences Text % #he police at the big city ere loo&ing for a thief. =t last they caught him. 9ut hile they ere ta&ing photographs of him>from the front, from the left, from the right, ith a hat, ithout a hat>he suddenly attac&ed the policeman and ran off. #hey tried to catch him, but he got a ay. #hen a ee& later the telephone rang in the police>station and somebody said. 2?ou are loo&ing for 9ill !ross, aren@t you.A 2?es.3 2(ell, he left here for aterbridge an hour.A (aterbridege as a small to n -50 &ilometers from the city. #he city police at once sent four different photographs of the thief to the police in (aterbridge. Bess than t elve hours later they got a telephone call from the police in (aterbridge. 2(e have caught three of the men.3 they said happily, 2and e ill catch the fourth this evening, e thin&A -/. (ho ere loo&ing for thief. a. #he police b. #he big city c. #he police in the big city d. Ceople in the big city e. #he riter -0. ;o did the police ta&e photographs of the thief. a. from the front b. from the left c. from the right d. ithout a hat e. all ans ers are true -5. (hich statement is not true based on the story. a. #he police ere searching for a thief b. #he police failed to ta&e his picture c. #he police had ta&en pictures of the thief

d. #he policeman ere attac&ed by the thief e. #he police too& pictures of the thief from many angles -1. Did somebody &no a. ?es, he as b. Eo, he asn*t c. ?es, he did d. Eo, he didn*t e. ?es, they ere here the thief as.

-6. (hich statement is true about the story. a. #he thief did not get a ay b. %omeone called the police from the big city c. #he caller as 9ill !ross d. #he thief as still in (aterbridge e. #he thief as on the ay to (aterbridge -7. (here as the thief hen someone called the police station. a. in the big city b. he as not in (aterbridge yet c. in (aterbridge d. in the small city e. at police station in (aterbridge -:. Did the policeman in (aterbridge catch the real thief. a. ?es, they did b. Eo, they didn*t c. ?es, they ere d. Eo, they ere not e. ?es, they do 20. ;o did the police in big city possibly fell about the capture. a. happy d. orried b. sad e. confused c. dissapointed 2-. The #olice at the big city were loo&ing 'or a thie'. #he bold sentences is called .... a. orientation d. event b. complication e. t ist c. resolution Text ( Too )ate #he plane as late and detectives ere aiting at the airport all morning. #hey ere e$pecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from %outh =frica. = fe hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves ould try steal the diamonds. (hen the plane arrived, some of the detectives ere aiting inside the main building hile others ere aiting on the airfield. # o men too& the parcel off the plane and carried it into the customs ;ouse. (hile t o detectives ere &eeping guard at the door, t o others opened the parcel. #o their surprise, the precious parcel as full of stones and sand)

22. (hich sentence sho ed the first event. a. #he plane as late and detectives ere aiting at the airport all morning b. #hey ere e$pecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from %outh =frica c. (hen the plane arrived some of the detectives ere aiting inside the main building d. = fe hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves ould try to steal the diamonds. e. # o man too& the parcel off the plane and carried it into the !ustoms ;ouse 2/. (ho are the participants in the story. a. the police b. detectives c. the police and the thieves d. someone and the police e. the detectives, the police, the thieves, someone 20. ;o many detectives ere there in the !ustoms ;ouse hen they opened the parcel. a. Many detectives b. One detective c. # o detectives d. #hree detectives e. Four detectives 25. (here did t o men ta&e the parcel after the arrival of the plane. a. into the !ustom ;ouse b. in the plane c. in the airport d. in the plane cabin e. at the door Text * Foe as going into his usual bar before lunch hen he sa a poorly dressed man fishing in a small pool of rain> ater about five centimeters deep outside it. Foe stopped and atched the man for a fe minutes. ;e sa that most of the people ho passed by him believed he must be rather mad. Foe pitied the man, so after a fe minutes he ent up to him and said &indly, G;ello, ould you li&e to come into the bar and have a drin& ith me.* #he fisherman as delighted to accept his offer, and the t o men ent into the bar together. Foe bought the fisherman a fe drin&s, and finally said to him, G?ou*ve been fishing outside here, haven*t you. ;o many did you manage to catch this morning, if I may as&.* @?ou*re the eighth,* the fisherman ans ered merrily. 21. (ho ere the participants in the story. a. Foe b. Fisherman c. 9arber d. Foe and the fisherman e. Coor man

26. (here do you thin& the story happened. a. %chool b. 9ar c. Hestaurant d. !afI e. %ea 27. (hy did the most people ho passed the fisherman believe that he rather mad. 9ecause4 a. ;e as din&ing in the bar b. ;e as fishing in a small pool of rain> ater c. ;e as fishing in the bar d. ;e as loo&ing for a fish in the bar e. ;e as ta&ing his lunch in the bar 2:. (hat did the fisherman actually catch. a. Fish d. shrimp b. Food e. people c. !ustomer Text + The "uc&s and the Turtle # o duc&s ho lived in a big la&e had a friend ho as a turtle. One year there as a very little rain and the la&e began to dry up. One of the duc&s said to the other,3 %oon, there*ll be no ater in this la&e. Bet*s go and loo& for another la&e.3 2?es.3 =ns ered the second duc&,3 9ut first let*s say goodbye to our friend, the turtle.3 (hen they told the turtle they ere going to leave, he said,3 I*ll die here ithout any ater and ithout any friends. #a&e me ithin you.3 #he duc& ans ered,3 (e can*t. (e are going to fly, and you have no ings.3 #he turtle thought for a minute and then said,3 Clease ait here.3 #hen he ent a ay and found a strong, straight stic&. ;e brought it bac& to his friends, put the middle of it in his mouth and said,3 Eo if each of you ta&es me one end of the stic& in his mouth, you can lift me up and carry me ith you 2 2#here is one danger,3 said the duc&s,3 If you try to tal& hile e*re carrying you through the air, you on*t be able to hold the stic&, so you*ll fall do n along ay and brea& your shell.3 2=ll right,3 ans ered the turtle,3 I promise not to tal& hile e*re in the air.3 %o the duc&s too& the stic& and fle a ay, ith the turtle bet een them. =ll ent ell until they ere flying over a to n. #hen some people sa them and shouted,3 Boo&, those duc&s are carrying a cat)3 First the turtle very proud of himself because of his idea he could fly. 9ut hen he heard that, the turtle got very angry,3 = !at. I am not........,3 he said, but he didn*t get any further because he opened his mouth, the stic& came out of his mouth and the poor turtle fell to the ground. /0. #he communicative purpose of this te$t is .... a. #o entertain or amuse the readers b. #o give a vie of an art or& c. #o inform the readers

d. #o describe a thing e. #o e$plain a place /-. #ina J (ho involved in the story. Hita J #hey ere .... a. t o turtles and a duc& b. t o duc&s and a turtle c. a duc& and three turtles d. t o duc&s and turtles e. a duc& and turtle /2. ;enny J ;o did the turtle solve his problem. =rdi J .... a. 9y drying up the la&e b. 9y flooding the la&e c. 9y flying a ay from the dry la&e ith the help of the duc&s d. 9y flying do n over the to n by the help of the duc&s e. 9y dropping the turtle do n //. Binda J (hat problems faced by the duc&s. Ferry J.... a. = lot of ater flo s to the la&e b. Much ater flo s out of the la&e c. Bong rainy season d. Bong dry season e. #rying to fly /0. (hat can e learn from the story. a. One may proud of himself b. One must &eep his promise c. One may angry to others d. One may not too boastfull of himself e. One must al ays be patient to others Text , Once upon a time, a rabbit anted to cross a river but he could not s im. ;e had an idea. ;e sa a boss of crocodile s imming in the river. #he rabbit as&ed the boss of crocodile, 2;o many crocodiles are there in the river.3 #he boss of crocodile ans ered, 2(e are t enty here.** 2(here are they.3 the rabbit as&ed for the second time. 2(hat is it for.3 the boss of crocodile as&ed. 2=ll of you are good, nice, gentle and &ind, so I ant to ma&e a line in order. Bater I ill &no ho &ind you are,3 said the rabbit. #hen, the boss of the crocodile called all his friends and as&ed them to ma&e a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Fust then, the rabbit started to count hile 'umping from one crocodile to another+ one ... t o ... three ... four ... until t enty, and finally, he than&ed all crocodiles because he had crossed the river. /5. #he story mainly tells us about.... a. t enty crocodiles b. the boss of the crocodile

c. a rabbit and t enty crocodiles d. a rabbit and the boss of crocodile e. the boss of the crocodile and all his friends /1. a. b. c. d. e. /6. (e &no from the first paragraph that the rabbit actually anted4 to cross the river to s im across the river to meet the boss of crocodile to &no here the crocodiles are to &no the number of crocodiles there 2=ll of you are good, nice, gentle, and &ind ....3 KCaragraph 2L #he underlined ord is synonymous ith .... a. ild b. cheerful c. easy going d. diligent e. honourable Text ,

#he Fa&arta Cost, a leading Mnglish>language daily ne spaper, re"uires a "ualified reporter. #he follo ing "ualifications are re"uiredJ Indonesian citi5en 2. university degree /. good understanding of Mnglish. #OMFB score of at least 550 0. able to operate a computer 5. not more than 21 years old 1 pleasing personality, highly motivated and dynamic 6. illing to ta&e a series of tests Clease send an application letter in Mnglish, a copy of current curriculum vitae, a photocopy of identification card, a photocopy of diploma, a photocopy of #OMFB score, a sample of riting in Mnglish, and a recent passport>si5ed photograph, to ;uman Hesources Manager #he Fa&arta Cost C.O. 9ON Calmerah, Fa&arta, --00-. =pplication should reach us before May -5, 2006

/7. 8nder hat heading is this te$t li&ely found. a. ;ousing. d. Fob vacancy b. Mducation. e. #ravel agency c. Furniture. /:. a. b. c. d. e. #he Fa&arta Cost is loo&ing for a person ho is "ualified in .... teaching Mnglish riting ne s reports ma&ing a series of tests leading a daily ne spaper being a human resource manager

00. #he Fa&arta Cost, a leading Mnglish>language daily ne spaper, re"uires a "ualified reporter. #he underlined ord means .... a. hires b. find c. needs d. loo&s e. employs 0-. N J (hat do you do if you &no the students smo&e in the bus. ? J I thin& I ill suggest them to stop smo&ing. #he dialogue above e$press 4 a. agreement d. hope b. opinion e. sympathy c. disagreement 02. Mr. Oarto J my son al ays got nine at Mnglish. I am very happy. Mr. Oaryo J congratulation for your son From the dialogue e &no that Mr. Oarto e$presses his 4 a. satisfaction d. agreement b. anger e. disappointment c. love 0/. Frida J %it, do you &no Mr. Fitri. %iti J Is he our Mnglish teacher 4. brings a ne motorcycle. a. ho d. hen b. hom e. here c. hose 00. #he girl begged the robber... a. Don@t ta&e my money. b. Eot ta&ing her money. c. Eot to ta&e her money. d. ;e didn@t ta&e her money. e. ;e@d better not to ta&e her money. 05. =s the road had become very slippery after the rain, I told the bus driver ... a. Do not speed d. not speeding b. Eot to speed e. he does not speed c. Bet us not speed 01. Don@t put off ... the application form.

a. #o fill in d. filling in b. Fill in e. you fill in c. For filling in 06. (e are astonished at ... a good score for this #OMFB in spite of his poor Mnglish. a. he could get d. being able to get b. his being able to get e. be able to get c. to be able to get 07. A(hat are the horn of buffalo used for.A A(ell, mostly for ... handicrafts.A a. Ma&e d. they ma&e b. #o ma&e e. ma&ing c. 9eing made 0:. (e ere dreadfully late. It as very4 a. embarrass b. embarrassing c. embarrassed d. embarrassment e. embarrasses 50. (hen I as young, I 4 to be a singer. a. (ant b. (ants c. (anted d. (as anting e. (ere anting II. Essay -. Fill in the blan& ith suitable abstract noun. (e al ays li&e to reminisce the happy moments of our 44. 2. =gung J 444444444444.this evening. Hini J I ill read a ne novel hich I borro from the library. /. !hange the sentences into indirect speechJ a. ADo you love me.A 9oni as&ed. b. = foreigner as&ed me, A(hat is your name.A 0. !omplete the dialogue belo J =riJ (hat do you feel after seeing the tsunami victims. DeaJ .................

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(hat can you learn from the poster.